Vocabulary
Scientific Revolution
Medici Family
Writers/Artists
Northern Renaissance
100
The belief or opinion contrary to what is generally accepted.
What is heresy?
100
The idea that the sun is the center of the universe.
What is Heliocentric?
100
Medici family ruled this city in Italy.
What is Florence?
100
Someone who studies classical texts in order to learn Rhetoric, History, Grammar, and Poetry.
What is a Humanist?
100
He was the first European believed to use the printing press to print a copy of the Bible in the 1450s.
Who is Johann Gutenburg?
200
Someone who has the mastery of many fields.
What is the Renaissance Man?
200
He theorized that the planets go around the sun.
Who is Copernicus?
200
The Medici's are known as this to the Renaissance.
What is the Godfathers?
200
Renaissance writer known for writing tragedies and dramas.
Who is Shakespeare?
200
This invention helped spread ideas quickly throughout Europe.
What is the printing press?
300
The language spoken by ordinary people in a particular country.
What is the vernacular?
300
Discovered the law of gravity
Who is Newton?
300
A person who supported the arts.
What is a patron?
300
Albrect Durer was often compared to this artist of the Italian Renaissance
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
300
This Northern Renaissance writer was known as the "Father of Humanism" and wrote love poems in the vernacular.
Who is Petrarch?
400
Worldly, not religious.
What is secular?
400
The architect supported by Medici to finish the cathedral in Florence.
Who is Brunelleschi?
400
Wrote the book, Utopia.
Who is Sir Thomas More?
400
Wrote the "Praise of Folly" and also wanted the Bible to written in the vernacular.
Who is Erasmus?
500
Uses light and shade to define shapes and forms.
What is Chiaroscuro?
500
The father of the Scientific Method.
Who is Francis Bacon?
500
This artist supported by the Medici family sculpted the David, the first free standing statue since Ancient Rome.
Who is Donatello?
500
A painting technique used to fade out or evaporate.
What is sfumato?
500
He painted peasants in their everyday life.
Who is Jan van Eyck?
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